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Gavel Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1857OS , a great scar , probably , like Great Gable(Cu 389) , from ON  gafl ' gable ' , v. cragge ; ON  gafl is found in many Scand p. ns . meaning ' projecting like the gable of a house ' ( cf. Franzen, LaxdON 110 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name